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Minjung Baek in recitals at St Mary’s Perivale and LSE

Minjung Baek

Pianist Minjung Baek has two recitals coming up: at St Mary’s Perivale on Wednesday 29th October and at the LSE on 13 November. More details below:

St Mary’s Perivale

Wednesday 29th October, 7.30 pm
Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 8SS [Map]
www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk

Programme

Beethoven: Piano sonata in C minor Op 111
Granados: ‘The Maiden and the Nightingale’ from Goyescas
Ravel: La Valse

with
Alena Lugovkina (flute)
Andrey Lebedev (guitar)

Pujol: Suite Buenos Aires
Nelegatti: Tres Temas Argentinas
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango

Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand

The winner of 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Competition, MinJung Baek was born in South Korea, and by eleven she had won fifty Korean national competitions. Later, she won top prizes at several international piano competitions including the 2012 Ernesto Falla, the 2012 Concorso Nuovi Orizzonti and 2006 the Rachmaninoff Piano Competition, which led to concerts playing Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 & the Paganini Rhapsody in one concert, in both Ukraine and Italy. She made her orchestral debut when aged 10, and since then has performed and broadcast extensively all over the world. Recent highlights include her UK debut at the prestigious venues including Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall. She completed her Master of performance with distinction and the prestigious Artist Diploma as a full scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and also studied at Mannes college of Music in New York, and Artist Diploma at the world famous Accademia Pianistica Internazionale “Incontri col maestro” di Imola, Italy.

London School of Economics

Thursday 13 November 2014, 1.05-2pm
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, Houghton Street (Off the Aldwych [Map])

Programme

F.Chopin – Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
D.Scarlatti – Sonata in C major, K.159 & in G major, K.427
F.Liszt – Sonata in B minor, S.178
M.Ravel – La Valse

Winner of the 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Competition and a performer in music festivals around the world as soloist and chamber musician

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries see LSE Events FAQ or contact us at [email protected] or 0207 955 6043.

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